The 1874 Wenlock by-election was fought on 12 November 1874. The by-election was fought due to the succession to a peerage of the incumbent Conservative MP, George Weld-Forester. It was won by the Conservative candidate Cecil Weld-Forester.[1]
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Constituency of Wenlock | |||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 3,541 | ||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 88.1% (![]() | ||||||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Cecil Weld-Forester | 1,720 | 55.1 | −6.8 | |
Liberal | Beilby Lawley | 1,401 | 44.9 | +6.8 | |
Majority | 319 | 10.2 | +6.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,121 | 88.1 | −4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 3,541 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -6.8 |
References
edit- ^ "Leigh Rayment - Commons". leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008.
- ^ F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)